Learning Rails

Book Description

While most books written about Rails cater to programmers looking
for information on data structures, Learning Rails targets
web developers whose programming experience is tied directly to the
Web.
Rather than begin with the inner layers of a Rails web
application--the models and controllers--this unique book
approaches Rails development from the outer layer: the application
interface. You'll learn how to create something visible with Rails
before reaching the more difficult database models and controller
code. With Learning Rails, you can start from the
foundations of web design you already know, and then move more
deeply into Ruby, objects, and database structures. This book will
help you:

Present web content by building an application with a basic
view and a simple controller, while learning Ruby along the
way

Build forms and process their results, progressing from the
simple to the more complex

Connect forms to models by setting up a database, and use
Rails' ActiveRecord to create code that maps to database
structures

Use Rails scaffolding to build applications from a view-centric
perspective

Add common web application elements such as sessions, cookies,
and authentication

Build applications that combine data from multiple tables

Create simple but dynamic interfaces with Rails and Ajax

Once you complete Learning Rails, you'll be comfortable
working with the Rails web framework, and you'll be well on your
way to becoming a Rails guru.